Combined chair or sofa and couch.



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JOHN ANDREW WALSBURGER, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

COMBINED CHAIR OR SOFA AND COUCH- SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 778,290, dated December 27, 1904-.

Application filed November 19, 1903. serial No. 181,8 11.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN ANDREW WALS- BURGER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State ofKentucky, have invented a new and useful Combined Chair or Sofa andCouch, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in convertible chairs and sofas;and the objects of my improvement are simplicity of construction,durability, ease of operation, and to provide a comfortable chair orsofa that may easily be converted into a comfortable couch, and viceversa. These objects I attain by means of the mechanism illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a'perspective Viewshowing the device as a couch; Fig. 2, a fragmentary de tail inperspective, and Fig. 3 a side elevation of the device arranged as achair.

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The chair-body 1 is provided with fourlegs 11 13. The rear pair of legs13 are connected together by a bar 20. The back 2 and seat 3 are notsecured rigidly to the body, as usually, but are adjustable. Anadjustable pillow 4 is also provided, which swings automatically out ofthe way when the device is adjusted as a chair, as in Fig. 3, andautomatically swings into position when the device is to be used as acouch, as shown in Fig. 1. The arms 5 of the chair fold down alongsideof the couch, as shown in Fig. 1, and automatically come into place, asshown in Fig. 3.

The seat-cushion 3 is placed on a separate body from the body 1 of thechair proper, having a separate set of legs 12, and is connected withbody 1 by means of extensionslides 17 and 18 and is thus adapted toslide in between the sides of the body 1 into the position shown in Fig.3.

The back 2 of the chair is upholstered on both sides in order that theone side may form the chair-back and the other the couch. To each edge,at the lower or inner end, are secured metal strips 1 1, which extendbeyond the end of back 2, by means of which back 2 is pivoted on pins 15to pillow 4. I

The body of pillow 4 consists of the side boards 19, joined together bycross-pieces 21 and 26.

edge. Circular slots 24:, concentric with pins [15, are cut throughpieces 19 to accommodate stop-pins 25 for the purpose of limiting theamplitude of motion'of pieces 14: and back 2 on the pillow. Thepillow-body is secured to chair 1 pivotallyby means of hinges 23,secured to cross-piece 21 of the pillow-body and cross-piece 22 of thechair-body. ward motion of the pillow is limited by pieces 21 and 22coming together and pieces 19 and 26 resting on cross-bar 20. p

The arms 5 are pivoted at one of their ends on pins 9, secured in back2, and at their other ends are hinged to the upright pieces 6 by hinges8, and pieces6 are in turn hinged to bodyl by hinges 7. Slots areprovided in arms 5 for pins 9, to move in, for it will be understoodthat when back 2 is let down to form the couch or lounge the distancebetween pin and hinge 8 is less than the sum of the distances between 15and 9 and 9 and 8 when the back is up in position to form the chair.Slots 10 aretherefore provided that arms 5 may fold down flat out of theWay. The manner of operating will now be understood. When the device isused as a chair, the back 2 rests against the cross-bar 16 or, ifpreferred, against an adjustable rest of any suitable design, pins 9rest against the outer ends of slots 10, the ends of standards 6 aredrawn firmly against arms 5 and body 1, pins rest against the rear endsof slots 24, holding pillow 4 on cross-bar 20, and seat 3 is placed inposition between the sides of body 1, as shown in Fig. 3. When it isdesired to use'the device as a couch or lounge, seat 3 is drawn out tothe limit of its extension as determined by extension-slides 17 and 18and back 2 folded down to a horizontal position, so that it fills thespace between the rear edge of seat 3 and pillow 4:. Referringto Fig. 2,it will be seen that when back 2 is moved forward pins 25 move in slots24:, and when they have reached the forward end of the slots the rearend of back 2 has reached the edge of the pillow, so that the pillow isentirely exposed. Then as back 2 moves downward pil- To side pieces 19are secured plates bearing thepivot-pins 15 near their lower 6o Thedownlow 4 moves on its hinges 23 till it reaches the position shown bydotted lines and in Fig. 2. When back 2 is raised to form the chair orsofa-pillow 4 automatically disappears underneath and to the rear of thechair-body.

Having thus described my invention so that any one skilled in the artpertaining thereto may make it and any one will understand its use, I donot desire or expect to be limited to the particular details described,but to vary the details of construction within the spirit of my claims,and

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a convertible article of furniture, the combination with a chairor sofa body, of a pillow hinged to said body at the rear end of saidbody, a back hinged to said pillow at the ends of said pillow, foldingarms hinged to said back and to said chair or sofa body, substantiallyas speeilied.

2. Convertible furniture, comprising a chair or sofa body, a pillow orhead-rest hinged to said body, end boards on said pillow or headrest, aback hinged to said end boards of said

